brink
Example Sentences
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The film imagines a world on the brink of a revelation: proof that non-human intelligence exists and has been hidden in plain sight.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Market breadth is poor and breadth oscillators are on the brink of sell signals.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
JetBlue Chief Executive Joanna Geraghty wrote a message to employees in April that said the airline isn’t on the brink of bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Even as Lotus built icons like Esprit, which famously turned into a submarine in the 1977 James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me,” it often teetered on the brink of disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
I backed toward the balcony’s brink, reaching behind me to grope desperately for a weapon.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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